Julie Dalton

doesn't happen overnight it takes time people need to hear the same messages about obesity overweight pre-diabetes type 2 diabetes over and over and over before it finally clicks and they're motivated to make changes so um you know we have evaluation um measures in place And that tells part of the story. And I think also hearing from community, that's another part of the story.

doesn't happen overnight it takes time people need to hear the same messages about obesity overweight pre-diabetes type 2 diabetes over and over and over before it finally clicks and they're motivated to make changes so um you know we have evaluation um measures in place And that tells part of the story. And I think also hearing from community, that's another part of the story.

So when we put all these things together, I think that's when we know that we're making a difference because we hear it from community. Okay. Yeah. My grandmother is taking, you know, so-and-so to the class and word spreads eventually. So this will take time. for us to see a change, but we have to start. We don't have the option to not.

So when we put all these things together, I think that's when we know that we're making a difference because we hear it from community. Okay. Yeah. My grandmother is taking, you know, so-and-so to the class and word spreads eventually. So this will take time. for us to see a change, but we have to start. We don't have the option to not.

Yeah, so to answer or to add on to the COVID conversation, I think we saw increases in weight and definitely increases in food insecurity, which all leads to, you know, increased rates of type 2 diabetes. I saw a recent study that said visits to the food shelf have increased substantially in 2023, an increase of 1.8 million food shelf visits in 2023 with 7.5 million total visits.

Yeah, so to answer or to add on to the COVID conversation, I think we saw increases in weight and definitely increases in food insecurity, which all leads to, you know, increased rates of type 2 diabetes. I saw a recent study that said visits to the food shelf have increased substantially in 2023, an increase of 1.8 million food shelf visits in 2023 with 7.5 million total visits.

So I think, you know, food insecurity is something that we need to address.

So I think, you know, food insecurity is something that we need to address.